Also known as M 261
Where: Sabine County, Texas (31.5° N, 93.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 76.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91846: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 21.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium multiliniferum wentletrap | |
Sinum fiski moon snail | |
Orthosurcula indenta ribbed mitre | |
"cf. Scaphella newcombiana" = Scaphella
"cf. Scaphella newcombiana" = Scaphella volute | |
Cornulina "sp. ?" Conrad 1853 snail
Levifusus supraplanus snail
? Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881 snail | |
Buccitriton "sp. A" true whelk | |
Mazzalina plena snail | |
Galeodea koureos Gardner 1939 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lucina (Callucina) sabelli" = Callucina
"Lucina (Callucina) sabelli" = Callucina clam | |
Solen pendletonensis clam | |
Periploma howei clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 nautiloid |